dingbat
noun/ˈdɪŋbæt/
/ˈdɪŋbæt/
(North American English, slang)- a stupid personWord Originmid 19th cent. (in early use applied to various vaguely specified objects): origin uncertain; perhaps based on ding ‘ mark or dent’.
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